hello, thank you guys for your kind comments. I hope that everything is not to miss painting.
steph

Speaking of things VW, does anyone have a paint match for the grey-blue which was so common on 1950s Beetles?

RAL Color Chart. Most likely 7031

On my monitor 5007 or 5009 more closely match my 46 year old memories...
The first car I remember was a blue beetle. I used to climb over the back of the back seat and go to sleep in that storage bin that lived above the engine. The seats were that off-white champagne colour so common in the late '50s.

So, I had a Tamiya Opel Astra (DTM) hanging about and put it together... most of the original decals were cracked so I created my own Livery/Sponsor using some left over 1/144 Airliner decals for a German Airline company - TUIfly. Painted the car in their standard yellow and added the logos. I am piecing together other race decals and manufacturer markings from my spares box. The livery never particpated in the DTM races but if it did, I pictured it as this.

http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/showphoto.php/photo/389368/ppuser/18503
http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/showphoto.php/photo/389369/ppuser/18503
http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/showphoto.php/photo/389367/ppuser/18503
http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/showphoto.php/photo/389370/ppuser/18503

And one I finished - I have others but this was the latest... it was a pain because the Tamiya Laquer paint (TS) I used wouldn't stick... bad batch??? I stripped it 3 times - and finally done. Used Patto's Decals for the livery.

http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/showphoto.php/photo/389372/ppuser/18503

A little work here...

Seats before and after...

That's quite an impressive change, Hakan. Well done!
-Sean.

Thanks Sean...

A little update...

...and another one...

Beautiful paint job Hakan

@ Hakan
That is some serious neat work on that trabbi. Looking forward to the finished project.

I have finished my entry. The project itself is not yet finished as it will end up to it's axles in mud in a dio. However I decided to post the pictures while this German beauty was still... well... a beauty.
Ladies and Gentlemen... The Mercedes 320 Cabrio Staffcar is finished.










It was really fun. Looking forward to the rest of the people to finish their rides.

With friendly greetz

Robert Blokker

Nice job Robert.
Would like to see it in the mud.

Thank you James...

Good work Robert....Well done...

...and still looking like a Cars character
I really like the well lived-in leather look you achieved with the seats.

I'm done with my car...I hope you like it...






















Happy modelling all...

Robert and Hakan both your build came out great outstanding job

I have made some progress on my build but just havent gotten any pictures yet hopefully i'll get some up tonight

Ola People

Thanks for the replies and the compliments,

@ Erik
Don't you worry. In time you will see. The basis for the groundworks have already been made. Now gathering enough courage to sink it into mud and muddy waters.

@ Jessica.
Yeah it can't seem to shake that image off... Oh well... As said before. meet Lightning McQueen's Arch nemesis Carl Benz in Cars 3
I'm glad you like the leather seats. They probably would never have looked that way on the real car but I really like that look.

@ Hakan
Congrats on finishing that neat Trabbi. Great result.

Hé Hakan.

Great job on the Trabbi.
Would love to see this one in real life. 1/1.

@ Sal
@ Robert
@ Erik

Thank you...

Well done all!!

A Trabby in metallic... never thought I'd see that!!

Now a staff car in metallic...

As promised some progress shots




Its a nice kit but a bit over engineered and not recommended for the novices you can see my review of the kit here
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/8172